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S. P. Novikov

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Quasiperiodic functions and Dynamical Systems in Quantum Solid State Physics

This is a survey article dedicated to the study of topological quantities in theory of normal metals discovered in the works of the authors during the last years. Our results are based on the theory of dynamical systems on Fermi surfaces. The physical foundations of this theory (the so-called "Geometric Strong Magnetic Field Limit") were found by the school of I.M.Lifshitz many years ago. Here the new aspects in the topology of quasiperiodic functions are developed.

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Dynamical Systems, Topology and Conductivity in Normal Metals

New observable integer-valued numbers of the topological origin were revealed by the present authors studying the conductivity theory of single crystal 3D normal metals in the reasonably strong magnetic field ($B \leq 10^{3} Tl$). Our investigation is based on the study of dynamical systems on Fermi surfaces for the motion of semi-classical electron in magnetic field. All possible asymptotic regimes are also found for $B \to \infty$ based on the topological classification of trajectories.

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Topological Phenomena in the Real Periodic Sine-Gordon Theory

The set of real finite-gap Sine-Gordon solutions corresponding to a fixed spectral curve consists of several connected components. A simple explicit description of these components obtained by the authors recently is used to study the consequences of this property. In particular this description allows to calculate the topological charge of solutions (the averaging of the $x$-derivative of the potential) and to show that the averaging of other standard conservation laws is the same for all components.

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Geometry of the triangle equation on two-manifolds

A non-traditional approach to the discretization of differential-geometrical connections was suggested by the authors in 1997. At the same time we started studying first order difference ``black and white triangle operators (equations)'' on triangulated surfaces with a black and white coloring or triangles. In this work, we develop the theory of these operators and equations, showing their similarity with complex derivatives.

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Topological Charge of the real periodic finite-gap Sine-Gordon solutions

An effective description of the inverse spectral data corresponding to the real periodic and quasiperiodic solutions for the sine-gordon equation is obtained. In particular, the explicit formula for the so-called topological charge of the solutions is found and proved. As it was understood already 20 years ago, it is very hard to extract any formula for this quantity from the Theta-functional expressions. A new method was developed by the authors for this goal. In the appendix 3 an analog of the Fourier-Laurent integral transform on the Riemann surfaces is defined, based on the constructions of the Soliton Theory. It is a natural continuous analog of the discrete Krichever-Novikov bases developed in the late 80s for the needs of the Operator Quantization of String Theory.

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On the local systems Hamiltonian in the weakly nonlocal Poisson brackets

We study in this work the important class of nonlocal Poisson Brackets (PB) which we call weakly nonlocal. They appeared recently in some investigations in the Soliton Theory. However there was no theory of such brackets except very special first order case. Even in this case the theory was not developed enough. In particular, we introduce the Physical forms and find Casimirs, Momentum and Canonical forms for the most important Hydrodynamic type PB of that kind and their dependence on the boundary conditions.

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String equation--2. Physical solution

This paper is a continuation of the paper by S.P.Novikov in Funct.Anal.Appl., v.24(1990), No 4, pp 196-206. String equation is by definition the equation $[L,A]=1$ for the coefficients of two linear ordinary differential operators $L$ and $A$. For the ``double scaling limit'' of the matrix model we always have $L=-\partial_x^2+u(x)$, $A$ is some differential operator of the odd order $2k+1$. In the first nontrivial case $k=1$ we have the Painelevé-1 (P-1) equation. Only special real ``separatrix'' solutions of P-1 are important in the quantum field theory. By the conjecture of Novikov these ``physical'' solutions, which are analytically exceptional probably have much stronger symmetry then the other solutions but it is not proved until now. Two asymptotic methods were developed in the previous paper -- nonlinear semiclassics (or the Bogolubov-Whitham averaging method) and the linear semiclassics for the ``Isomonodromic'' method. The nonlinear semiclassics gives a good approximation for the general (``non-physical'') solutions of P-1 but fails in the ``physical'' case. In our paper the linear semiclasics for the ``physical'' solutions of the P-1 equations is studied. In particular connection between the semiclassics on Riemann surfaces and Hamiltonian foliations on these surfaces is established.

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The Schrödinger operator on graphs and topology

Symplectic vector-valued scalar product is constructed on the spaces of solutions of the real discrete Shrodinger equation with fixed value of the spectral parameter on graphs. It takes values in the first homology group of the graph. This scalar product plays fundamental role in the Scattering theory for the graphs with tails. In particular, all unitarity properties of scattering follow from elementary symplectic geometry

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Various doublings of Hopf Algebras. Algebras of Operators on Quantum Groups and Complex Cobordisms

Family of doublings of Hopf algeras based on the product of algebra and its dual are constructed and studied. Special cases of these construction may be considered as natural quantum analogs of rings of differential operators on groups. Such constructions appeared in 1966-67 in the authors works in the complex cobordism theory. These constructions do not leed to the Hopf algebras (except of the special case of the Drinfeld's quantum double which is not the same as the natural quantum analog of the ring of operators on groups). However, they have important ''almost Hopf'' properties important in particular in the topological and analytical applications.

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Discrete Lagrangian Systems on Graphs. Symplecto-Topological Properties

Discrete Lagrangian Systems on graphs are considered. Vector-valued closed differential 2-form on the space of solutions is constructed. This form takes values in the first homology group of the graph. This construction generalizes the Symplectic Wronskian for the linear self-adjoint operators on graphs found in 1997 by the first author and used for the needs of the Scattering Theory for graphs with tails

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Holomorphic bundles and Scalar Difference Operators: One-Point Constructions

Commutative rings of one-dimensional difference operators of rank l>1 and their deformations are effectively constructed. Our analytical constructions are based on the so-called ''Tyurin parameters'' for the stable framed holomorphic vector bundles over algebraic curves of the genus equal to g and Chern number equal to lg. These parameters were heavily used by the present authors already in 1978-80 for the differential operators. Their deformations in the discrete case are governed by the 2D Toda Lattice hierarhy instead of KP. New integrable systems appear here in the case l=2,g=1. The theory of higher rank difference operators is much more rich than the rank one case where only 2-point constructions on the spectral curve were used in the previous literature (i.e. number of 'infinite points'' is equal to 2). One-point constructions appear in this problem for every even rank l=2k. Only in this case commutative rings depend on the functional parameters. Two-point constructions will be studied in the next work: even for higher rank l>1 this case can be solved in Theta-functions. It is not so for one-point constructions with rank l>1.

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Exactly solvable two-dimensional Schrodinger operators and Laplace transformations

Different cases of sequences of the Laplace Transformations for the 2D Schrodinger operator in the periodic magnetic field and electric potential are considered. They lead to the exactly solvable operators with nonstandard spectral properties including the double-periodic operators with algebraic Fermi surface known from the periodic soliton theory. Two appendices are added. In the Appendix I (the author - S. Novikov) two discretizations of the 2D operators and Laplace transformations are constructed. In the Appendix II (the authors - S. Novikov and I. Taimanov) some nonstandard 1D discrete operators are constructed with very interesting spectral properties.

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Discrete spectral symmetries of low-dimensional differential operators and difference operators on regular lattices and two-dimensional manifolds

Euler-Darboux-Backlund and Laplace transformations are considered for the one- and two-dimensional Schrodinger operators. Their discrete analogs are constructed and generalized for the multidimensional lattices and two-manifolds with special "black-white" triangulations. Nonstandard generalizations of the connections and curvature are constructed for the simplicial complexes. Exactly solvable 2D Schrodinger operators with nonstandard spectral properties are constructed in the continuous and discrete cases using Laplace chains with different restrictions.

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The Levels of Quasiperiodic Functions on the plane, Hamiltonian Systems and Topology

Topology of levels of the quasiperiodic functions with m=n+2 periods on the plane is studied. For the case of functions with m=4 periods full description is obtained for the open everywhere dense family of functions. This problem is equivalent to the study of Hamiltonian systems on the (n+2)-torus with constant rank 2 Poisson bracket. In the cases under investigation we proved that this system is topologically completely integrable in some natural sence where interesting integer-valued locally stable topological characteristics appear. The case of 3 periods has been extensively studied last years by the present author, Zorich, Dynnikov and Maltsev for the needs of solid state physics (''Galvanomagnetic Phenomena in Normal Metals''); The case of 4 periods might be useful for Quasicrystals.

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Discrete Schrodinger operators and topology

This work is a continuation and extension of the note published in the Russian Math Surveys 1997 n 6. For any pair of solutions of the spectral problem for the second order selfadjoint real Schrodinger Operator on the graph their Symplectic Wronskian is a 1-cycle in the graph. This is a vector-valued symplectic 2-form on the space of solutions. This construction was applied to the Scattering Theory on the graphs with finite number of tails. The asymptotic values of solutions is a Lagrangian Plane of half dimension. This property determines all unitary properties of Scattering Matrix, which is also symmetric. All higher order discrete operators and operators on higher dimensional simplicial complexes are included in this scheme. Nonlinear analog of that was invented by the present author in collaboration with A.S.Schwarz.

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Topological Phenomena in Normal Metals

This paper is devoted to topological phenomena in normal metals with rather complicated Fermi surface. The results of the article are based on the deep topological theorems concerning the geometry of non-compact plane sections of level surfaces of periodic function in 3-dimensional Euclidean space which are the quasi-classical electron orbits in the presence of homogeneous magnetic field. The main result is that the observation of electrical conductivity in strong magnetic fields can reveal such nontrivial topological characteristics of Fermi surface as integral planes, connected with conductivity tensor and locally stable under small rotations of magnetic field. This planes are connected with generic non-closed orbits on the Fermi surface. Some non-generic situations are also discussed.

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